Delta of Venus

Delta of Venus
First edition cover art
AuthorAnaïs Nin
Cover artistMilton Glaser
Richard Merkin (photo)
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort stories, erotica
PublisherHarcourt Brace Jovanovich
Publication date
1977
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages250 pp (first edition)
ISBN0-15-124656-4

Delta of Venus is a book of fifteen short stories by Anaïs Nin published posthumously in 1977[1]—though largely written in the 1940s as erotica for a private collector.[2]

In 1994 a film inspired by the book was directed by Zalman King.

  1. ^ I. Ousby, ed., The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English (1995) p. 683
  2. ^ Anaïs Nin, Delta of Venus & Little Birds (1996), pp. 13–16